Appliance for cooking vessels



1,622,587 March 29, 19 27. F L HOUSEL APPLIANCE FOR COOKING VESSELS Filed Aug. 50, 1926 i i-l- A TTORNE Y.

Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

My invention consists in an appliance for cooking vessels, and the ob ect of my invention is to provide an appllance 'which is so constructed that it W of a cooking vessel when boiling over from reaching the flame same. To this end, the appliance, according to this invention, is constructed with an outor sloping portion whereby the contents of a cooking vessel, as it runs down on the outside of the vessel is deflected. away from the burner.

For a better understanding of my invention, I refer to the annexed drawing, illustrating my invention, and in which Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment thereof; Fig; 2 is a section along line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows theappliance as used with a cookpot, Fig. 4 shows another embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1a the appliance conan wardly flared,

sists of a strip, or

of sheet-metal and bent annulus.

portion 3. The strai make the appliance different sizes, the band 1 is divided so as to enable its diameter to be varied. lVhile, this may be accomplished in a number of ways, I have-shown in Fig. 1 two lugs 4, 5, one being secured to each end of the divided band 1, but set back a little from the end.

Said band, as clearly shown, comprises a substantially straight u 2 and an outwardly flared, or s oping lower FRED I4. HOUSEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

APPLIANCE FOR COOKING VESSELS.

Application filed August 30, 1926. Serial No. 132,579.

ill prevent the contents and extinguishing the overlap. I

Because of the cooking vessels.

1, preferably'made so as to form an thereto.

per portion My invention ght upper portion 2, as

I claim:

fit cooking vessels of extending of band 1 together. As the screw has a slight play in the holes provided in the lugs 4 and 5 and as the band is made of rather 4-1 thin sheet metal, its ends when drawn together by corresponding turns of the screw will be able to slip by each other, so as to lugs 4, 5 being setback away from the ends of the band, the diameter of the band as will readily be seen, can be substantially reduced, so that the appliance can be made to fit a large number of 1 While in Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the preferred embodiment, Fig. 4 shows an appliance of this kind which is made in a single piece, the band 10 not being divided. In Fig. 4, 11 .shows the straight upper por- 0 tion and 12the outwardly flared lower portion. If desired, such a sin ance. may be permanentl cooking vessel by being r gle-piece applisecured to the az'ed or welded H being capable of further modifications, I donot, of course, wish to be limited to the embodiments as shown, but

An attachment for cooking vessels to prevent thecontents of said vessels which boilsover from reaching the heating means consisting of a divided annular band of sheet metal comprising a portion arranged substantially vertically adapted to engage the 7, cooking vessel, an outwardly flared portion from said vertically arranged The lugs 4, 5 each have a hole, and through portion, lugs disposed upon the ends of said these holes may pass one end with a head 7 and extending with its other end through a nut 8 secured to lug ()n the screw 6 is disk 9, whereby the larned 1n a dlrection a screw 6 provided at and, a screw joining s diameter of said band. fastened a small milled screw 6 may be easily so as to draw the ends aid lugs and a disk upon said screw for manually adjusting the $0 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' FRED L. HOUSEL. 

